diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_drv.h
index edc796fc8279838082347dc196f779ef85c72da2..1eaade04eadeeb0ea83fe88e45939dd3ea85eb53 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_drv.h
@@ -239,14 +239,6 @@ struct dma_buf *omap_gem_prime_export(struct drm_device *dev,
 struct drm_gem_object *omap_gem_prime_import(struct drm_device *dev,
 		struct dma_buf *buffer);
 
-static inline int align_pitch(int pitch, int width, int bpp)
-{
-	int bytespp = (bpp + 7) / 8;
-	/* in case someone tries to feed us a completely bogus stride: */
-	pitch = max(pitch, width * bytespp);
-	return pitch;
-}
-
 /* map crtc to vblank mask */
 uint32_t pipe2vbl(struct drm_crtc *crtc);
 struct omap_dss_device *omap_encoder_get_dssdev(struct drm_encoder *encoder);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_fbdev.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_fbdev.c
index 89da41ac64d2548508f774e2819e7a986e16087a..372673712843fe03c972debaa026011f7599fed9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_fbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_fbdev.c
@@ -125,9 +125,8 @@ static int omap_fbdev_create(struct drm_fb_helper *helper,
 	mode_cmd.width = sizes->surface_width;
 	mode_cmd.height = sizes->surface_height;
 
-	mode_cmd.pitches[0] = align_pitch(
-			mode_cmd.width * ((sizes->surface_bpp + 7) / 8),
-			mode_cmd.width, sizes->surface_bpp);
+	mode_cmd.pitches[0] = mode_cmd.width *
+		DIV_ROUND_UP(sizes->surface_bpp, 8);
 
 	fbdev->ywrap_enabled = priv->has_dmm && ywrap_enabled;
 	if (fbdev->ywrap_enabled) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_gem.c
index 03698b6c806c6c63eabc10b7b304f9fb1a3bb43c..ea94aadb279d4eb02cb51ecc1a7e2011d76fe32a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_gem.c
@@ -661,7 +661,8 @@ int omap_gem_dumb_create(struct drm_file *file, struct drm_device *dev,
 {
 	union omap_gem_size gsize;
 
-	args->pitch = align_pitch(0, args->width, args->bpp);
+	args->pitch = args->width * DIV_ROUND_UP(args->bpp, 8);
+
 	args->size = PAGE_ALIGN(args->pitch * args->height);
 
 	gsize = (union omap_gem_size){